States won't be able to contain online gambling

5:58 PM,
Jul. 12, 2013

Written by

John Sweeney

Delaware has posted its proposed regulations for Internet gambling. The document is 27 pages of dry legalese, designed to cover every possible option that a would-be licensed agent and provider could conjure up.

It's pretty impressive stuff. But it won't work. Not that there is anything wrong with the regulations. I'll leave that to the lawyers and other professionals to decide.

It won't work in the sense that Delaware is trying to contain online gambling. The state wants controls and safeguards that would protect the public and the state's interests. ...